Goa’s Santosh Harijan is India’s new boxing star
Sports in Goa is more than just football. We have our own Boxing Star – Santosh Harijan When there’s news of sports in Goa, it usually surrounds football. Yes football is Goa’s first love in the field of sports. But did you know that Goa also has a National Boxing Star? His Name is Santosh […]
The Goa Science Center and Planetarium (GSCP)
Are you a Bomaicar? If so, have you ever visited the Nehru Planetarium at Worli? The Goa Science Center and Planetarium (GSCP) is a Goan version. With its own, special Goan flavor. Yes, it’s true, Goa isn’t only beaches, trance music, and rave parties. Goa is quite scientific and high tech too. The GSCP is […]
We could do with these Consent Classes in India in a big way
The word consent in its noun form is defined as “Permission for something to happen or agreement to do something”. It has its origins in Middle English: from Old French ‘consente’ (noun), ‘consentir’ (verb), from Latin ‘consentire’, from con- ‘together’ + ‘sentire’ ‘feel’. (Source – The Oxford Dictionary) Like any other developing nation in the world, […]
Solution to stray cattle menace is to impound them every 15 days
The growing stray cattle menace that plagues hundreds and thousands of people on a daily basis doesn’t look like it’s changing anytime soon. Thanks to a ban on slaughtering these animals for beef, they have pretty much taken up residence on every available road as far as the eye can see. Last week, the Calangute […]
Nobel prize winners to interact with Goan school children and their teachers at the Nobel Prize Series-India 2018
Goa will play to the host to the ‘Nobel Prize Series – India 2018 (Science Impacts Life)’ to be held from February 1-28 next year. The state government has signed a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Bio-Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India (GoI) and Nobel Media, Sweden. Gujarat […]
All Souls Day in Goa was an eco-friendly affair this year
After an appeal from the Council for Social Justice and Peace (CSJP) to avoid using non-biodegradable materials like foam, plastic, thermocol and silver foil to decorate graves this All Souls Day, parishioners opted to make the celebration an eco-friendly one. An eco-friendly All Souls Day The appeal from the Archdiocese’s Caritas Goa and the Council […]
Goa to have solar powered government buildings by next year
Solar power in India is a fast developing industry. In a bid to limit the consumption of electricity, the Goa government aims to adopt solar energy panels to self-generate power and run on the same. This is supposed to be in place by sometime next year. Running on solar power Government buildings in Goa plan to […]
Goa’s CM to flag off 2nd edition of JK Cement SwachhAbility Run
JK Cement is all set to host the 2nd edition of their JK Cement SwachhAbility Run starting on the 5th of November 2017. JK Cement invites all runners to lace up their running shoes and participate in this very exciting event. The run starts in Goa and races across Belagavi, Hubballi, and Mangaluru before screeching to […]
A Goan Khazan is a treasure trove for aquaculture, agriculture and salt panning
The Hindi word ‘khazana‘, means treasure. All over Goa, there is an intricate system of water dukes, sluice gates, bunds, furrows and canals that date back to the B.C (before Christ) era. These ecosystems are called the Khazan Ecosystem of Goa. They are truly an ecological treasure (an ecological Khazana). What exactly is a Khazan? […]
Having a Portuguese Passport doesn’t make you anti-national, says Vijai Sardessai
The hype of having a Portuguese passport seems to have cooled down especially after the entire Brexit issue. Ever since the 23rd of June, 2016, when 51.9% of the participating UK electorate voted to leave the European Union, it doesn’t seem like there are a lot of people lining up to get Portuguese passports anymore. […]